Display shelving construction



pri E6, E935. s. GOLDMAN DISPLAY SHELVING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 2s, ls@ 2 sheets-sheet 1 I nuentm Attorney April 16, 1935. s, GQLDMAN LQQVJZ@ DISPLAY SHELVING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 2e, 1934 2 sheets-sheet 2 Z5 ze 4 fsa 34"* 15315 7 f Zf l l A r f Inventof Patented Apr. 16, 1935 PATENT OFFICE 1,997,726 DISPLAY snELvlNG CONSTRUCTION sam Goldman, East st. Louis, nl.

Application March 26,

l 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in store xtures and particularly to such fixtures adapted to hold and display to advantage articles of mer.- chandise including packaged and canned goods.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of shelving or display racks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction such that a price card holder may be employed in conjunction with a shelf thereof without in any manner distracting from the appearance thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide improved means for illuminating the articles displayed on the shelves of the rack.

In this connection an important feature of the invention is the provision of a construction such that the illuminating means may be employed in conjunction therewith without in any manner distracting from .the appearance thereof and which illuminating means may be so constructed that it is applied and forms a part of the top of the rack.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understoodl from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying vdrawings wherein:-

Figure l is a front elevational view of an upper portion of a rack embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View therethrough with the illuminating device in a retracted position.

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views taken at spaced points through the supporting means for the illuminating device.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the aforementioned supporting means.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal sectional view illustrating certain details of construction hereinafter more fully referred to, and

Figure '7 is a vertical fragmentary sectional view showing the manner of securing the price tag holder to one of the shelves.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the display rack or shelving construction comprises a pair of vertical end members I0 between which are supported in vertically spaced relation shelves I I. At their upper ends the side panels or members IIJ are connected by a cover plate I2. The members Ill, II and I2 are formed of sheet metal, the members I0 being preferably tapered with their smaller ends disposed uppermost. The shelves II are also formed from sheet metal and include a main body portion constituting the shelf proper having rising from the rear 1934, Serial No."717,524

thereof aange IIa serving as a back for the shelf. At the forward edge thereof each shelf I I is formed to provide a bead having an inclined portion I3 merging into a vertical depending portion I4 that in turn merges into an inwardly di- 5 rected horizontal ange I5. The part i3 will serve as a stop or guard ledge for the shelf as is thought apparent.

The side panels' Ill have opposite portions thereof bent outwardly as at lila and then bent inwardly into a position overlying the front and rear edges of the shelves II as at It, II. At their free edges the parts II of the members I0 are reversely folded upon themselves and are in abutting relation with the parts I4 of the shelf. The parts I6 of the end members IG are also reversely bent upon themselves to provide channels I8 that engage similarly formed channels I9 provided on the vertical edges of the backs I Ia of the shelves. At the end thereof the shelves I! may be secured 20 to the side panels ID and thus a durable efficient construction of rack is provided.

The invention also has reference to improved means for holding price tags such as indicated by the reference numerals 20 in proper position at 25 the forward edges of the shelves. To this end there is provided for each shelf ya holder 21 that is substantially L-shaped in cross section and has a vertical flange 2Ia extending in slightly spaced parallelism to the part I4 of the shelf and secured in position through the medium of screws 22. The cards 20 are adapted tobe disposed vertically in the spaces between the part I4 of the shelf and the flange 2Ia of the card holder and will be frictionally retained in position as is thought apparent.

In this connection it will be noted that the upstanding flange 2 Ica of the card holder has its edge portion folded back upon itself as at 2lb for reinforcing said edge portion of the flange 2Ia and also to provide for the better retention of the price card 20 between the holder and the part I4 of the shelf. Also the screws 22 are threaded through the folded portion of the flange 2 Ia and by reason of having the flange 2 Ia fold- 45 ed as just described and the apertures for accommodating the screws 22 being provided in a double thickness resulting from the folding of the edge portion of the flange 2Ia, said ange will not easily and readily become distorted as might be otherwise the result due to the tightening and releasing of the screws 22 incidental to the removal and replacement of the price card.

The ange 2I of the card holder, it will be noted, is maintained in sliding contact with the inturned flange I5 of the shelf, and at its free edge the flange 2| has a portion thereof folded inwardly at an acute angle to the flange 2| to provide as at 2 Ic a stop which engages the inner edge of the flange I5 of the shelf to limit the outward movement of the holder 2l relative to the shelf as is required to remove or replace a price tag. Further, ln this connection it will be noted that the edge of the flange i5 will be accommodated in the angle between the flange 2i and its intumed portion 2Ic when the price tag holder is slid outwardly away from the shelf and in a manner to thereby in cooperation with the screws 22 serve to maintain the price tag holder in its normal plane so that no particular attention need be given to the holder for maintaining it in proper position when the screws 22 are being tightened for clamping the price cards 2l! in position. 'Ihus the clamping and removal of the price tag may be accomplished with facility.

A still further feature of the invention resides in the provision of an illuminating device indicated generally by the reference numeral 23. 'Ihe device 23 comprises a body plate 24 of metal that has formed integrally therewith and at its forward edge a reflector 25 that is also formed of metal and which in cross section is of box shape being open at its bottom. Suitably mounted within the reflector 2l are electric lamps 23.

For slidably supporting the illuminating device 23 there is provided at the upper end of each of the panels I0 a strip 21 of metal and secured to this strip are spaced tracks 23. These tracks 23 are of channel shape in cross section and have the open sides confronting. Supported between the tracks at the forward end thereof are rollers 29 mounted on shafts 30 the ends of which are journalled in side webs of the tracks 28 as shown in Figure 3.

Secured to the underside of the member 24 adjacent each end thereof is an elongated box like structure 3| which adjacent its rear end is provided with a depending extension 32 that operates in the space between the tracks 23. Carried by the lower end of the extension 32 is a short axle 33 on the ends of which are journalled rollers 34 that ride against the upper flanges of the tracks 23 as clearly shown in Figure 4. The forward end of each housing 3| rests on the periphery of a roller 23 as shown in Figure 3.

At the front thereof the reflector 23 is provided with a handle 35 to facilitate sliding the illuminating device into and out of operative position.

As is thought apparent the illuminating device 23 is normally disposed in the position shown in Figure 2. When it is desired to illuminate the front part of the rack the operator by grasping the handle 35 pulls the device 23 toward him to project the reflector 25 forwardly beyond the front of the shelving or the rack.

It will be also noted that the plates 21 at their rear ends are provided with vertical attaching flanges 36 which may be secured by suitable fastening elements to l. wall or other suitable support and serve to retain the rack perpendicular and in proper position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, a shelf having a perpendicular edge portion merging into a rearwardly extending horizontal flange. and an angle bar having a vertical flange paralleling said edge of the shelf and a horizontal flange in sliding contact with the shelf ange, fastening screws threadedly engaged with the vertical flange of the angle plate and the shelf edge for drawing said vertical flange toward the edge of the shelf for clamping between said flange and shelf edge a price card, and the horizontal flange of the angle plate having an upturned edge adapted to abut the edge of the shelf flange for Hunting movement of the angle bar outwardly relative to the shelf edge.

2. In a device of the character described, a shelf having a perpendicular edge portion merging into a rearwardly extending horizontal flange, and an angle bar having a vertical flange paralleling said edge of the shelf and a horizontal flange in sliding contact with the shelf flange, fastening screws threadedly engaged with the vertical flange of the angle plate and the shelf edge for drawing said vertical flange toward the edge of the shelf for clamping between said flange and shelf edge a card, and the horizontal flange of the angle plate having an upturned edge adapted to abut the edge of the shelf flange for limiting movement of the angle bar outwardly relative to the shelf edge, and the upturned edge portion of the horizontal flange of said angle bar being disposed at an acute angle to said horizontal flange, and the edge of the shelf flange being adapted to be received in the angle between the horizontal flange of the angle bar and the upturned edge portion thereof when said angle bar is in an outward position relative to the shelf edge.

SAM GOLDMAN. 

